If you're already intimidated by strength-training, all of the terminology can become an excuse to avoid the weight rack. Many of my clients started off confused about terms like “superset” and “drop ...

But hypertrophy training isn’t just beneficial for sculpting your muscles. “Having muscle is the baseline of health; it keeps ...

Building muscle isn’t just about lifting weights and eating right — mental strength is the overlooked factor that separates ...

If you only have time to get in one single set, is it really worth it? Will you make gains over time with single-set training? Today, we lead busy lives and want to use our time wisely. That being ...

An international research team studying why some weightlifters’ muscles grow much more quickly than others’ has identified a set of 141 genes that appear to regulate growth of the body’s skeletal ...

Looking for some serious gains? Drop and do — drop sets. It’s a strength training technique where you perform as many reps as possible until the muscles are fatigued. From there, you drop the weight, ...

Women over 50 have a unique set of health needs. You lose quite a bit of lean muscle after age 50. This is because of a number of factors, but menopause is one of the main culprits. Menopause can mean ...

Building and maintaining muscle is not just about flaunting a shredded physique. Aesthetics aside, exercised muscle mass can play an important role in protecting bones from osteoporosis in addition to ...